The trials and triumphs of life as a fanatic

A long-lasting trend, and one that hasn’t gotten tiresome, is memoirs about how rock music matters. Music is such a personal experience—Air Supply may remind you of your first love; it reminds me of interminable childhood car trips—that every writer brings a different approach to the material. It makes for some great books (e.g., Chuck Klosterman’s Fargo Rock City, Rob...